Damien is a freelance WordPress developer and WordPress source reading fanatic.
He quietly cheers in finding a new do_action() or apply_filters() calls, and using them to do simple but cool things.
Damien’s talk is about “Demystifying Hooks, Actions & Filters”
Hooks and filters are critical part of WordPress.
They are used by the core product and they are what theme and plugin developers use to provide the massive range of add-ons for WordPress.
They are easy to use and let you access the internals of WordPress.